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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Hooks hope "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" will have on society?
(a) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the white American female situation.
(b) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the black American female situation.
(c) She hopes it will create an unbiased perspective on the black American female situation.
(d) She hopes it will not create a biased perspective on the white American female situation.

2. When Hooks was speaking of oppression in Chapter 8, to whom was she referring?
(a) Elderly men and women.
(b) Girls.
(c) Boys.
(d) Women in the workplace.

3. In terms of race, what type of attitude did Hooks discuss in Chapter 5?
(a) Integration and equality.
(b) White supremacy.
(c) Separate but equal.
(d) Black supremacy.

4. In Chapter 12, Hooks wrote about the patriarchal structure within what context?
(a) Non-American.
(b) Black and white.
(c) All black.
(d) All white.

5. What did Hooks write about people who are experiencing very oppressive conditions?
(a) All should be sensitive to those people.
(b) They should deflect that oppression onto others.
(c) They are experiencing the oppression because they deserve it.
(d) If it's not affecting one directly, he/she should not worry about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the major problem Hooks faced within the patriarchal framework?

2. What type of theorist is the Latina theorist mentioned in Chapter 5?

3. What did Hooks say about the works that were published by the Latina theorist mentioned?

4. What racial tension did Hooks mention in Chapter 12 that she mentioned in previous chapters?

5. How did Hooks describe the works of the Latina theorist introduced in Chapter 5?

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